CARTER IN NORTH KOREA, EXPECTED TO BRING HOME JAILED AMERICAN

25.08.2010 [22:57]
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Baku, August 25 (AZERTAC). North Korea says former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has arrived in Pyongyang. He is there to try to gain the release of an American imprisoned for illegally entering the reclusive country, according to VOA.

Mr. Carter whose plane landed in Pyongyang Wednesday afternoon, was greeted by the country`s top nuclear envoy, Kim Kye Gwan. He hopes to return home with Aijalon Mahli Gomes, a former English teacher in South Korea who was arrested after crossing into North Korea in January.

Acquaintances say Gomes may have been inspired by an American missionary who made a similar trip. Both were involved with a Christian evangelical group, Pax Koreana, which focuses on human rights in North Korea.

CARTER IN NORTH KOREA, EXPECTED TO BRING HOME JAILED AMERICAN

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